kingnovel Chapter 37 Soul Contract
Chapter 37 Soul Contract
Ye Lan, who was waiting to activate the magic array, was so angry at this scene that her voice became hoarse.
She was the one who first set her sights on subduing Tao Tao, but Tao Tao beat her to it. How could she stand for that? In a fit of anger, she withdrew the formation and charged towards Tao Tao.
She had to stop it before the soul contract was signed, or all her efforts would be in vain.
But just as she was about to get closer, she was stopped by two beams of light that flew in.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Song Dynasty style and Linghu Xuan.
"What are you doing? Trying to stop me?" Ye Lan questioned sharply, her tone very unpleasant. She had never suffered such a loss before. She used to have everything she wanted, and she never let anyone take away what she wanted.
Song Chaofeng smiled faintly and said, "Tao Tao is signing a soul contract with the Ice Demon. It would be best if Miss Ye didn't disturb her."
"I was the one who first set my sights on the Ice Demon, and she wants to take her from me?" Ye Lan was furious. She had underestimated this person, who dared to openly stop her.
"Whoever has the ability owns it. Tao Tao has clearly subdued it, so it naturally belongs to her."
"What a joke! I say it's mine, so it's mine."
Ye Lan raised her voice, and with a flick of her finger, the Jade Bone Exquisite Fan was already in her hand, exuding a murderous aura.
She wanted to take action.
Song Chaofeng narrowed his eyes and summoned a magical artifact. At the same time, Linghu Xuan revealed a sly smile, "Miss Ye, why be angry? If you can't subdue Tao Tao, it will naturally be your turn."
As if she were someone who had gotten something for nothing, Ye Lan's anger flared up. She swung her fan, and Linghu Xuan quickly retreated to create distance. But when the fan was swung, a hurricane suddenly arose, blocking his retreat. Then the fan was swung twice more, and a faint sound of thunder could be heard.
"Waaaaah..."
Suddenly, the surrounding frost dissipated, and the ice demon, which had already taken human form, gradually shrank, turning into a snowball the size of a palm. It obediently hopped onto Tao Tao's shoulder and affectionately rubbed its cheek against hers.
"It seems Miss Ye will be disappointed." Linghu Xuan didn't forget to mock her, which made Ye Lan's face change drastically. She kept fanning herself with her fan, and the wind blades swirled, forcing Linghu Xuan to retreat repeatedly.
He was no match for Ye Lan; if she were to decide to kill him, he would be powerless to resist.
"Before I lose hope, I'll take your life first."
Ye Lan's eyes hardened, and her attacks continued unabated. She really wanted to kill Linghu Xuan. Song Chaofeng, who was watching the commotion from the side, was about to help when he heard a "howl" and a snowball rushed over, forming an ice shield in front of them. The flying wind blades were easily neutralized.
"You!" Ye Lan viciously kicked at the flying Tao Tao, and with a flick of her jade-bone fan, thousands of silver needles shot out.
"What a vicious trick!"
Song Chaofeng was shocked and wanted to warn Tao Tao to be careful, but Tao Tao raised his hand and summoned the double rings. The double rings spun rapidly in the air, emitting a dazzling light and quickly enlarging, blocking the silver needles.
Unexpectedly, Tao Tao was not at a disadvantage in her fight with Ye Lan. Now Linghu Xuan also became more assertive. He flew to Tao Tao's side, pointed at the extremely shocked Ye Lan, and said, "We have no grudge against you. Why did Miss Ye want to kill us?"
"Hand over the Ice Demon, and I will naturally let you go."
"Okay, here you go."
Tao Tao smiled sweetly, and the little snowball on her shoulder bounced down and ran towards Ye Lan with its short legs. There was no trace of the fierce look she had shown before.
Seeing this, Ye Lan knew very well that the Ice Demon had already been subdued by Tao Tao. If she tried to take it away by force, she could only return to her clan and ask the elders to help her erase the soul imprint.
"Achoo!" The chubby ice demon flew over and sneezed at Ye Lan, spraying a bunch of ice shards from its nostrils. Ye Lan was so angry that she waved her fan hard and knocked it to the ground.
The ice demon kicked its little legs and got up from the ground, letting out a soft cry; it looked incredibly cute.
"I don't want things that have already been bound to a master. You can keep them yourself." Ye Lan put away her fan, stopped attacking, and flew over to check on the others.
Once she left, Linghu Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. "She's definitely not someone to mess with. I hope I won't be held a grudge. I can't afford to offend a powerful family."
"We've already offended them, so if you really hold a grudge, won't your Wuji Sect protect you?" Song Chaofeng couldn't help but ask. Linghu Xuan shook his head helplessly. "What can our Wuji Sect compare to the Ye family? We can only bear it ourselves. If we expect them to protect us, we'd be lucky if they didn't expel us from the sect."
The Ye family is no ordinary family of cultivators; even major sects have to give them some respect. It's normal for Linghu Xuan to have concerns.
"Speaking of which, Tao Tao, how did you manage to tame this little guy?" Seeing the Ice Demon creeping up Tao Tao's clothes and onto her shoulder, Song Chaofeng couldn't help but ask curiously.
Who told this little guy to almost kill them all before? Compared to the other monsters here, the Ice Demon is quite ferocious.
"It wasn't me, it was Ayan," Tao Tao replied earnestly, leaving Song Chaofeng completely bewildered. "Ayan? It's him again? Who is he?"
“Ayan is Ayan.”
Tao Tao's persistence left Song Chaofeng speechless. Asking was useless, so he had no choice but to change the subject, "Since this little thing is already yours, why don't you give it a name? Look at how chubby and round it is, it's just like a dumpling, how about we call it Tuan Tuan?"
"Ouch!" the little dumpling protested, saying the name was really awful.
"It seems pretty good." Tao Tao nodded seriously, acknowledging the name. The little dumpling immediately jumped up and bounced on her shoulder several times.
Song Chaofeng couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Double standards. Why were you unhappy when I said that? Your face changes like the blink of an eye."
Tuantuan didn't seem to mind at all; instead, she stuck her tongue out at him, leaving Song Chaofeng speechless.
Just like its master!
This time, due to the Ice Demon's mischief, countless people from various sects were killed or injured. Of the more than twenty people, only seven or eight remained, and the scene looked very desolate. Among them, Zhao Lixin suffered the worst, with his body scattered in pieces, not a single part intact.
Seeing that there was no danger, Song Ling'er crawled out and pretended to be sad, saying, "So many people have died, it's such a pity. Miss Ye, do you still plan to go into Demon Scale Valley? We don't have many people left."
"Go forward, of course we must go forward. We've come this far, how can we possibly retreat?"
Surprised that Ye Lan was still so insistent, Song Ling'er asked suspiciously, "May I ask if Miss Ye is truly after the overseas demonic cultivators or is she coveting Xiaobietian?"
"You're asking a question you already know the answer to. Do you really want to see the treasures in Xiaobietian fall into the hands of demonic cultivators?" Ye Lan narrowed her eyes, her attitude quite clear, which made Song Ling'er smile. "It seems we're on the same page. In that case, would Miss Ye invite them to come?"
"Them?" Ye Lan followed Song Ling'er's gaze and narrowed her eyes slightly. "Of course, one more person means one more helper."
Besides, Xiaobietian is fraught with danger, and she doesn't mind having a few more stepping stones.